U.S. Senate: Sen. John Barrasso (R)
faced little difficulty in his bid for re-election, defeating Albany
County Commissioner Tim
Chesnut (D) and Joel
Otto (Wyoming Country
Party),
who manages a ranch and investments.U.S. House: Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R)
likewise handily defeated Chris
Henrichsen (D) and others.State Legislature:
Republicans kept huge majorities in both chambers. All
60
House
seats
and 15 of 30 Senate seats were
up. The House went from 50R, 10D to 52R, 8D and
Senate stayed at 26R,
4D. Ballot Measures:
Voters approved Constitutional Amendment A and B reserving the right to
make health care decisions to the citizens of the state of Wyoming and
recognizing and preseving the heritage of fishing and hunting.
Amendment C, to expand the authority of district court commissioners,
failed.

Overview:
Romney/Ryan amassed a plurality of 101,676 votes (40.82 percentage
points), carrying all
counties but Teton County (Jackson). The percentage margin was
second biggest after Utah. Principals made a couple of
fundraising visits. Mitt Romney appeared at receptions and a
dinner hosted by Vice President Dick Cheney in Jackson Hole on July 11,
and Michelle Obama appeared at a fundraising luncheon in Jackson Hole
on Aug. 11. Libertarian Gary Johnson rallied at the University of
Wyoming in Laramie on Oct. 18 and his running mate Jim Gray made a trip
on Aug. 10-11, appearing in Cheyenne, Laramie and Casper.Obama
| (Romney)BALLOT
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[State Primary: August 21, 2012]

Republican County
Conventions -- March 6-10, 2012

Democrats

Republicans29
delegates
and
26 alternates.1.27%
of
the
2,286
Delegates.

ResultsWyoming
Republicans held county conventions from March 6-10, 2012, electing 12
delegates and 12 alternates to
the
national convention. Eight of those delegates were committed to
Mitt
Romney, two to Rick Santorum, and one to Ron Paul and one
undeclared. Fourteen at large delegates and 14 at large
alternates were elected at the 2012 State Convention held in Cheyenne
April 12-14. details

Wyoming statutes allow
voters
to register at the polls on Election Day (thus the vote total is higher
than the registration number).
In
Wyoming, any qualified elector may vote by absentee ballot in person in the office of
their county clerk 40 days before an election or by requesting an
absentee ballot be mailed.

2008
OverviewWyoming was never in any doubt
as the McCain-Palin ticket secured a plurality of 82,090 votes (32.24
percentage points). Obama fared 7.5 percentage points better than
Kerry had and carried Albany County (Laramie...home of
the University of Wyoming)
in addition to Teton County (Jackson). Activity by the principals was limited to
Cindy McCain's appearance at a Sept. 24 fundraising
breakfast/brunch for
McCain-Palin Victory 2008 at Teton Pines Country Club in Wilson (Gov.
Palin originally scheduled). Obama/Allies
|
McCain/Allies | Nader

Notes:
Third parties
on the ballot: The Libertarian Party qualified as minor party, having
won
support from more than 5% of the electors in the last general
election.
The Natural Law Party and the Reform Party qualified as provisional
parties
(June 1, 2000 deadline). Howard Phillips qualified as an
independent
candidate by meeting the signature requirement. (An independent
candidate
needed to submit signatures of 3,484 certified voters (2 percent of the
voting population) by the Aug. 28, 2000 deadline). A Nader
petition
effort fell short.

Total
Ballots
Cast: 221,685.

Official Results

Gore/Lieberman
(Dem.)

60,481

(27.70)

Phillips/Frazier
(Ind.)

720

(0.33)

Browne/Olivier
(Lib.)

1,443

(0.66)

Hagelin/Goldhaber
(NLP)

411

(0.19)

Buchanan/Foster
(Ref.)

2,724

(1.25)

+Bush/Cheney
(Rep.)

147,947

(67.76)

Nader/LaDuke
(w/in)*

4,625

(2.12)

Total........218,351

*The state
canvass does not
include the Nader write in votes. The state canvassing board did
not canvass those votes because they did not affect the outcome of the
race. However, Nader requested that his write-in votes be counted
according to W.S. 22-16-103(b).